In the past, Utah’s liquor laws were like some cruel behavioral experiment involving lab mice. Visitors to the state — the mice — desired an alcoholic beverage, the cheese. In between lay a gauntlet of laws that often caused the … Continued

How do you feel when you get back from traveling? Tired? Relieved? Stunned? Happy? Depressed? How about “connected?” Yesterday, Julie pointed me to an excellent, short documentary on “the overview effect” and it made me think about one of the … Continued

Getting lost can be fun. The fun is seeing something new and unexpected on the horizon. It can happen anywhere … including your own backyard. Here we are on a road trip somewhere in southeast Arizona. Can you guess where?

We’re introducing a new section of the site — Travel Inspiration — where we’ll feature, travel photos, quotations and ideas that inspire us and others to travel. This photo is of Julie crossing the bridge between Guabito, Panama and Sixaola, … Continued

At a floating restaurant on Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia, I headed for an outhouse that hung on the dock edge above the lake. It was being used and someone told me there were urinals around the corner of the … Continued